Religion http://www.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam Gallup Daily tracking for the month of September found 64% of U.S. Jews approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, significantly higher than the 52% national average in September, and higher than was seen last month among Catholics, Protestants, and Mormons. http://www.gallup.com/poll/123413/U.S.-Jews-Lead-Religious-Groups-Support-Obama.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/123413/U.S.-Jews-Lead-Religious-Groups-Support-Obama.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gallup data collected worldwide and across all the major world religions reveal that religious attendance is associated with more generous behavior, even for those unaffiliated with a particular religion. The importance of religion in one’s life has much less of an effect on charitable behavior. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122807/Religious-Attendance-Relates-Generosity-Worldwide.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/122807/Religious-Attendance-Relates-Generosity-Worldwide.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gallup Poll Editor in Chief Frank Newport reveals the most Catholic, most Mormon, most Jewish, and most non-religious states in the union. http://www.gallup.com/video/122078/religion-state.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/video/122078/religion-state.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT Despite a landslide victory by the secular Awami League in the December 2008 election, Bangladeshis remain strongly religious in their personal lives, showing a movement toward separation of religion and politics. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121937/Religion-Secularism-Working-Tandem-Bangladesh.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/121937/Religion-Secularism-Working-Tandem-Bangladesh.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT A new report from Gallup and the Coexist Foundation reveals that residents of the U.S. and Canada are more likely than Europeans surveyed to be classified as “integrated.” It also reveals that European Muslims and the general publics have different perceptions of European Muslims’ loyalty to their nations. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118273/Canada-Show-Interfaith-Cohesion-Europe.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118273/Canada-Show-Interfaith-Cohesion-Europe.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 07 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT Despite the flare-up over the University of Notre Dame’s outreach to President Barack Obama, 67% of rank-and-file Catholics approve of Obama’s job performance, higher than the 58% found among Protestants. Among religious groups, Muslims and Jews give Obama his highest job scores. http://www.gallup.com/poll/118120/Obama-Approval-High-Among-Muslims-Jews-Catholics.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/118120/Obama-Approval-High-Among-Muslims-Jews-Catholics.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT Three in four Americans (77%) say Christianity is their religious preference -- down from 91% in 1948. http://www.gallup.com/video/117394/Christianity-Slow-Decline.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/video/117394/Christianity-Slow-Decline.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:00:00 GMT The percentage of Americans who identify with some form of a Christian religion has been dropping in recent decades, and now stands at 77%. In 1948, when Gallup began tracking religious identification, the percentage who were Christian was 91%. http://www.gallup.com/poll/117409/Easter-Smaller-Percentage-Americans-Christian.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/117409/Easter-Smaller-Percentage-Americans-Christian.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:45:00 GMT Weekly church attendance among Catholics dropped from 75% to 46% between the 1950s and 1990s, but has seemed to stabilize in the past decade. Church attendance among Protestants has been fairly steady over the past six decades, averaging 42% in 1955 versus 45% in recent years. http://www.gallup.com/poll/117382/Church-Going-Among-Catholics-Slides-Tie-Protestants.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/117382/Church-Going-Among-Catholics-Slides-Tie-Protestants.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT Worldwide, people in more religious countries are more likely than people in more secular countries to perceive intolerance of ethnic and racial minorities in their communities. However, for individual religions and people, the association between religiosity and ethnic intolerance is much more complex. http://www.gallup.com/poll/117337/Religious-Countries-Perceived-Ethnic-Intolerance.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/117337/Religious-Countries-Perceived-Ethnic-Intolerance.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT American Catholics are no less likely than non-Catholics to find abortion and embryonic stem-cell research morally acceptable. While regular churchgoing Catholics are more conservative than other Catholics on these issues, they are no more conservative than regular churchgoers of other faiths. http://www.gallup.com/poll/117154/Catholics-Similar-Mainstream-Abortion-Stem-Cells.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/117154/Catholics-Similar-Mainstream-Abortion-Stem-Cells.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT Despite the economic recession, a review of more than 425,000 interviews Gallup has conducted since early 2008 shows no increase in either the average of 65% of Americans who say religion is important in their daily lives, or the 42% who report regularly attending church. http://www.gallup.com/poll/117040/Despite-Recession-No-Uptick-Americans-Religiosity.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/117040/Despite-Recession-No-Uptick-Americans-Religiosity.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT People living in countries where more people say religion is important in their daily lives are much more likely than those living in countries where fewer people say religion is important to report that their communities are not good places to live for gays and lesbians. http://www.gallup.com/poll/116491/Religiosity-Perceived-Intolerance-Gays-Lesbians.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/116491/Religiosity-Perceived-Intolerance-Gays-Lesbians.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gallup Polls conducted in 2008 reveal that in countries where average annual incomes are $2,000 or less, religiosity makes a difference in residents’ emotional health and their likelihood to report positive experiences and interactions. These effects are smaller or absent among residents in rich-world countries. http://www.gallup.com/poll/116449/Religion-Provides-Emotional-Boost-World-Poor.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/116449/Religion-Provides-Emotional-Boost-World-Poor.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:30:00 GMT Gallup World Poll Senior Editor Steve Crabtree discusses findings from his recent report on how religiosity varies worldwide. http://www.gallup.com/video/114694/Analyst-Insights-Religiosity-Around-World.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/video/114694/Analyst-Insights-Religiosity-Around-World.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:00:00 GMT In terms of their likelihood to say religion is important in their daily lives, U.S. state populations span a range that invites comparisons to some predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East, as well as to some relatively secular nations in Europe and developed East Asia. http://www.gallup.com/poll/114211/Alabamians-Iranians-Common.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/114211/Alabamians-Iranians-Common.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gallup.com’s "State of the States" series reveals state differences in political party affiliation, religiosity, consumer confidence, and job-market conditions, based on Gallup Poll Daily tracking data collected in 2008. http://www.gallup.com/poll/114073/State-States-Series.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/114073/State-States-Series.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gallup Poll Editor in Chief Frank Newport reveals the most and least religious states in the nation. http://www.gallup.com/video/114025/State-States-Snapshot-Religiosity.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/video/114025/State-States-Snapshot-Religiosity.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:45:00 GMT The second in Gallup’s “State of the States” series reveals that the Southern states of Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee are the nation’s most religious, while the New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts are the least religious. http://www.gallup.com/poll/114022/State-States-Importance-Religion.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/114022/State-States-Importance-Religion.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:15:00 GMT Only 9% of Americans say they disapprove of president-elect Barack Obama’s choice of megachurch pastor Rick Warren to give the prayer at Tuesday’s Inauguration, while 39% approve and the rest say they don’t know enough about it to have an opinion. http://www.gallup.com/poll/113881/Poll-Little-Objection-Rick-Warren-Giving-Inaugural-Prayer.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/113881/Poll-Little-Objection-Rick-Warren-Giving-Inaugural-Prayer.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:45:00 GMT While 81% of Americans identify with a Christian faith, 93% of Americans interviewed in a recent Gallup Poll say they celebrate Christmas. Despite the economic recession, slightly more Americans expect this Christmas to be happier than usual than expect it to be less happy than usual. http://www.gallup.com/poll/113566/US-Christmas-Not-Just-Christians.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/113566/US-Christmas-Not-Just-Christians.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:00:00 GMT One-quarter of Americans think that this Christmas will be happier than prior Christmases, 47% say it will be the same, and just 20% think it will be less happy. http://www.gallup.com/video/113524/Most-Americans-Looking-Positively-Towards-Christmas.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/video/113524/Most-Americans-Looking-Positively-Towards-Christmas.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:00:00 GMT Pastor Rick Warren’s Purpose-Driven Life notwithstanding, more than 80% of respondents across 84 countries say their lives have an important meaning or purpose. However, religious orientation does significantly affect the odds one will feel this way. http://www.gallup.com/poll/113575/Complex-Relationship-Between-Religion-Purpose.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/113575/Complex-Relationship-Between-Religion-Purpose.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:00:00 GMT Fewer Americans than any time in the past few decades believe religion is gaining influence in America (27%), while 67% think it is losing influence. Further, an all-time Gallup low of 53% think religion provides the answers to all or most of today’s problems. http://www.gallup.com/poll/113533/Americans-Believe-Religion-Losing-Clout.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/poll/113533/Americans-Believe-Religion-Losing-Clout.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:00:00 GMT Currently, 42% of Americans say they attend church, synagogue, or mosque weekly or almost weekly, which is on par with reported church attendance for all of 2008. http://www.gallup.com/video/113446/Church-Attendance-Stable-Despite-Tough-Times.aspx?CSTS=tagrss http://www.gallup.com/video/113446/Church-Attendance-Stable-Despite-Tough-Times.aspx?CSTS=tagrss Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:00:00 GMT